East Palo Alto man charged with criminal threats for allegedly threatening to shoot pair

An East Palo Alto man pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal threats Tuesday after allegedly threatening to shoot relatives of his neighbor following an argument according to the San Mateo County District Attorney s Office Larry Darnell Hill was also in possession of multiple guns despite having five prior felony convictions from between and that prohibit him from owning firearms or ammunition prosecutors disclosed It created enormous fear on the casualties part which is a requirement for the statute that the victim has true fear declared San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen M Wagstaffe In other words you can t think it s just nonsense language you have to fear that it s going to happen And both of them communicated to the police that it did That s serious and we just can t allow that to occur Around p m Sept Hill allegedly rode his bike up next to the reporting party s nephew and their spouse prosecutors reported There had been neighbor problems while Hill lived next door to the reporting party Hill supposed that his neighbor was spying on him when he went into his backyard Wagstaffe explained Following an argument with the pair Hill pulled out a handgun and racked it while threatening to shoot the casualties prosecutors stated Hill narrated each of the two casualties I m gonna pop your expletive It arose out of which is so often the event a neighborhood dispute but his dispute was with the neighbor the uncle to the young man who was threatened Wagstaffe explained The two casualties young man young woman they did nothing to warrant this anger It s just sort of unbridled anger and so to that extent it was of great concern Prosecutors added that the affair was caught on video Police received a search warrant and determined an AR- rifle ammunition a loaded handgun a police scanner and five cell phones in a shed behind the house where Hill lived with his mother prosecutors disclosed The ammunition included a -round double drum magazine of ammunition They also located a grocery bag of grams of powder cocaine and grams crack cocaine Wagstaffe added that Hill s possession of an automatic rifle was also very serious and that the amount of ammunition he had built up was enormous Related Articles San Jose Police arrest man on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material Nonprofit offers reward for information on East Palo Alto murder suspect At least injured in shooting at suburban Denver high school Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event Woman dog detected shot to death in Sonoma County home We don t want automatic weapons in anybody s hands he added That s unfailingly scary when somebody s loaded up ammunition like that Hill was charged with two counts of criminal threats as well as several charges for the use of a firearm in a felony the possession of firearms and ammunition and the possession of cocaine prosecutors declared Hill remains in custody with bail set at He will next appear in court Sept for a preliminary hearing